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Why is a subscribe agreement necessary?

The CA/Browser Forum Baseline Requirements require that the CA have you sign one:

"Prior to the issuance of a Certificate, the CA SHALL obtain ... either: 1. The Applicant’s agreement to the Subscriber Agreement with the CA, or 2. The Applicant’s agreement to the Terms of Use agreement."

https://cabforum.org/wp-content/uploads/CAB-Forum-BR-1.3.0.p...

Then I can't exactly support the "Let's Encrypt" effort. Any child should be able to make a website without having to sign a bunch of legalese. That's more important to me than encrypted traffic, frankly.

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